Morning journal and courier., 1887-04-19
Tuesday, April l9, 1887.
REPURLICANISm.

Recent utterances by two of the leaders o1
 the Republican party show that there is still something left for that party to do, and indi cate that it may so commend itself to the voters of the country as to soon again have the power to carry out policy wkich will benefit the country and add to the glorious record of the party.
 In his letter to the Young Republican club of Philadelphia the other day Senator Sherman outlined the policy which he thinks ought to be pursued. He insisted waged on the lines which were followed with so much of success and honor in years gone by. The cid issues have no meaning in the present. There is new work for the new members of the party to undertake. 'That which is past is honorable" he says; but the real necessity now is that "the shad ows and prejudices of the past should be lifted" In the second place he declared that the chief issue over which the new par tv should make it's fight is that of protec- tion. There is still much to do in the way ofprotecting homs labor, still further di- versifying American industries and turning into profitable productions the raw materials which oul soil and climate afford. Conse- quently the party should make itself the outspoken and active advocate of the pro- tective principle.
 At the dinner of the Massachusetts club, of Boston, on Saturday, Senator Hoar spoke very hopefully of the future of the Republi- can party, and told what he thought it's poli- cy should be. Said he: They (the Republi- can) agree that great surplus in the treas ury is an evil. It takes from the people by taxation money which should not be taken from them, and it keeps from circulation money which the people should be using. We propose to do away with this surplus. first, by disminishing the taxation which puts it into the treasury; and second. by ex- pending on necessary public objects tho mon ey which is already there. We propose to take off the duty on every imported article which enters ints an American manufacture as material or as a necessary article of con sumption for the American people, which cannot proftably be produced here. Where any article can be proftably produced here, and American labor is supported by it's pro OuCtlOIl, We OrOpOso Go kS6p GnS auGy Ou auu reserve the American market for the Ameri- can product. We propose to maintain the policy which has created our existing system of manufacture, and mean that it shall in the South and all over the country foster new manufactures. We propose, further, to reduce the revenue by diminishing or to- tally abro9ating the tax on tobacco. We propose to expend the accumulated money in the treasury by constructing navy; by pro- viding fit defences for our coast cities; by helping to establish and put upon their feet systems, subject wholly to local control, of common school education for our illiterate population without regard to race or previ- ous condition; by enlarging and perfecting our commercial system at home and abroad; by giving reasonable encouragement to the establishment of lines of steamships to for eign ports. We agree also with MT. Car lisle that the political and civil rights of the humblest citizen in every section are to be respected.
 This makes broad and progressive policy. There is enough in it to command the re- spsst of all who love their country. Such utterances as those of Senators Sherman and Hoar are timely and inspiring.